The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Principles and Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. An introduction to plant disease epidemiology

      • D. Gareth Jones

      Pages 3-13

   3. Plant disease diagnosis

      • R. T. V. Fox

      Pages 14-41

   4. Disease assessment and yield loss

      • B. M. Cooke

      Pages 42-72

   5. Surveys of variation in pathogen populations and their application to disease control

      • J. K. M. Brown

      Pages 73-102

   6. Infection strategies

      • C. Struck, K. Mendgen

      Pages 103-122

   7. Epidemiological consequences of plant disease resistance

      • M. L. Deadman

      Pages 123-137

   8. Dispersal of foliar fungal plant pathogens: mechanisms, gradients and spatial patterns

      • H. A. McCartney, B. D. L. Fitt

      Pages 138-160

   9. Pathogen population dynamics

      • M. W. Shaw

      Pages 161-180

   10. Disease progress in time: modelling and data analysis

       • C. Lee Campbell

       Pages 181-206

   11. Disease forecasting

       • N. V. Hardwick

       Pages 207-230

   12. Diversification strategies

       • M. R. Finckh, M. S. Wolfe

       Pages 231-259

   13. Epidemiology in sustainable systems

       • R. J. Cook, D. J. Yarham

       Pages 260-277

   14. Information technology in epidemiology

       • A. C. Newton, R. E. Gaunt

       Pages 278-292

3. Case Examples

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293

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   2. Seedborne diseases

      • W. J. Rennie

      Pages 295-307

   3. Diseases caused by soilborne pathogens

      • David Hornby

      Pages 308-322

   4. Wind-dispersed diseases

      • B. Hau, C. de Vallavieille-Pope

      Pages 323-347

   5. Rain-splash and spore dispersal: a physical perspective

      • L. Huber, L. V. Madden, B. D. L. Fitt

      Pages 348-370

Most branches of science have what might be termed a 'core area' which is both related to and helps to integrate peripheral topics to form the overall subject area. Without this central link, the subject is simply a collection of disparate, albeit gener­ ally related topics. What genetics is to plant breeding, epidemiology is to the subject of plant pathology and, no matter what individual topic is considered, it is always possible to recognize the interaction with and relationship to epidemiological factors. Broadly speaking, until the 1950s, plant pathology was considered as the applied side of mycology and, indeed, the British Society of Plant Pathology was spawned from its mentor, the British Mycological Society, with considerable help from The Association of Applied Biology. However, with the exploding world popu­ lation and the growing demand for food, plant pathologists became increasingly aware of the need for a more considered, measured, precise and even holistic approach to their subject and, particularly, to plant disease management. Looking back over 40 years of teaching and research in plant pathology, it was very clear that the 'core' of the subject was epidemiology and that this 'new' study was developing a very distinct identity which was rapidly being recognized in its own right. The 'shotgun' approach to plant disease 'control' was quickly perceived to be too inexact and almost every aspect of the subject was being reviewed, refined and advanced.

• Pathogen
• crop protection
• development
• epidemics
• epidemiological
• epidemiology
• plant disease
• plant pathology

• Hillview, Tone Vale, Taunton, Somerset, UK

  D. Gareth Jones

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